[sane-devel] DocketPORT 465 Scanner

[Jack McGill]

I received a copy of the linux software from docucap last night. I will try it out over the weekend on my Docketport 665. The documentation says that it supports the newest models, the 467, 667, 487 and 687. Hopefully, it works on our models as well.

Jack McGill


--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Steven Melendez <smelendez at elys.com> wrote:

> From: Steven Melendez <smelendez at elys.com>
> Subject: Re: [sane-devel]  DocketPORT 465 Scanner
> To: "Jack McGill" <jmcgill85258 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:59 AM
> Thanks again for writing.
> 
> It turns out that Docucap does provide a Linux library that
> communicates with the DocketPort scanners using libusb. They
> apparently will provide it for free to
> DocketPort owners, along with a sample application for
> generating a TIFF from a scanned image. You can write to
> them at info at docucap.com.
> 
> It doesn't support the SANE API, but it would probably
> be possible to write a SANE wrapper.
> 
> Steven
> 
> 
> Steven Melendez wrote:
> > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
> > 
> > I got in touch with Docucap, and they apparently have
> some Linux support; I'm waiting for
> > them to get back to me with the details. I'll keep
> you posted on what they offer.
> > 
> > Steven
> > 
> > 
> > Jack McGill wrote:
> >> The Docketport 465 is not currently supported by
> Sane. It could be added
> >> to the 84x fork of the genesys backend. This
> scanner is manufactured by
> >> the company formerly known as Syscan, and
> currently known as Document
> >> Capture Technologies, www.docucap.com. Docucap
> scanners are sold by
> >> Ambir, Pentax, Visioneer, Scanshell, Cardscan and
> others.
> >> The docucap website does have a video that
> mentions linux support is
> >> possible, but linux drivers are not available for
> download. I have not
> >> yet tried to contact them about how to get linux
> support.
> >> 
> >> I am interested in mobile document scanners like
> this and I am currently
> >> working on adding support for the Pentax DS Mobile
> and the Travelscan
> >> Pro 600 scanners to the plustek backend.
> >> I made some preliminary attempts to get a
> Visioneer Roadwarrior (GL842
> >> chip) to work with the Genesys backend, but so
> far, can't get the motor
> >> to work. I also have a Docketport 665 and a
> Visioneer XP Strobe 300 that
> >> are both based on the Genesys GL842 chip. I
> suspect that once someone
> >> "cracks the code" and gets one of the
> GL84x sheetfed-document scanners
> >> to work, it should be easy to get the rest of them
> added.
> >> 
> >> If you are interested in adding support, I could
> share some (very
> >> preliminary) information with you.
> >> Otherwise, the following small mobile document
> scanners are suppored by
> >> Sane:
> >> 1. Syscan Travelscan 464 (A4 paper size)
> >> 2. Syscan Travelscan 662 (A6 paper size)
> >> 3. Visioneer Strobe XP100 (calibration not yet
> working, support recently
> >> added-must download CVS)
> >> 4. Plustek OpticSlim M12/Neat Receipts/Iriscan
> 2/Genius Colorpage SF600
> >> (calibration not yet working)
> >> 5. Portable Peripherals QScan USB001/Iriscan
> >> 6. Fujitsu Snapscan S300 (this scanner is a bit
> larger than the others).
> >> 
> >>   
> > 
> >